2006-08-25 17:28:58 · 32 answers · asked by Ajax Spade 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ouch. Remind me not to reveal my thoughts on religion to anybody who answered above me. Apparently I'm a mistaken, arrogant, intellectual moron who is going to Hell, must have been hurt deeply at some point, and I am to be pitied.
2006-08-25 17:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by wideawake42 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interested. I usually want to know what kind of atheist they are - there are as many different types as there are of theists.
2006-08-25 17:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a theist and my husband is an atheist. We love each other.
2006-08-25 18:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Karolina D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
My knee-jerk reaction is to wonder what happened that has caused the wonder to disappear from this individual's life. For me, faith is based in experience; I affirm that God exists because I have had unexplainable experiences of the divine in my life - while playing music, in the still beauty of nature, in relationships with others, in the welling-up of my being at unexplainable points in my life. I cannot imagine going through life without having these experiences of the divine or presuming that I can explain them away with science or psychology. So I find myself asking: what has happened in this individual's life that has caused the sense of wonder to vanish? I fear that many of them have experienced hurt or loss that has caused the wonder to leave them (Maslow's hierarchy of needs comes to mind); still others are so mired in the self-satisfaction of their intellect that they refuse to accept that there are aspects of life that we simply can't understand or comprehend.
Perhaps I'm wrong in thinking this way - I'll be the first to admit that it is rather presumptuous of me to believe that my experience of life is the "correct" or the "best" type of experience. But that is the product of my own limited perspective. I'll be interested to read other thoughtful answers to this question.
2006-08-25 18:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a christian, and my first thought when someone calls me christian is: ahhhh, thank God!!!!
Maybe, the term atheist should not be used. They just think differently, we could say: non believers????
2006-08-25 17:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by Marco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good for them! even if i am a catholic, i dont see how it changes things... it only makes you get up early on sundays!!
some people need to believe in something... some just dont...
sun shines every day all the same. what really matters for this world to keep spinning is moral and consideration. (religions aside)
2006-08-25 17:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by •mer• 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I find them intelligent, but not very social. It also scares me a little when someones says they are atheists.
2006-08-25 17:31:38 · answer #7 · answered by gloria123445566 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, good question. I think I would ask them why they do not believe in God. Probably they had believed in the past but were hurt or didn't get what they wanted and stopped believing. I would also try to explain to them that God still loves them even if they have turned their back to Him. I would also say that it is their decision to believe in however they wish to believe and I would respect their decision.
2006-08-25 17:41:30 · answer #8 · answered by TioDice70 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sad but hopeful
2006-08-25 18:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by unicorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose pity and curiosity as to how they could possibly experience life without acknowledging God. I also see them as very one dimensional, or flat, not fleshed out. I just kind of feel a sadness for them.
2006-08-25 17:40:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋